Common name of Metapenaeus tenuipes
 
Common Name Stork shrimp
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier other animal
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'shrimp' from Old Norse 'skorpna', i.e., 'to shrivel up'; 'stork' from Hebrew, 'hasidah', i.e., kindness, indicating thus the character of the bird, which is noted for its affection for its young.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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